Cheevitdee, the Thai restaurant at the corner of Fore and Market, now serves breakfast Friday through Sunday. I enjoyed the Brunch Set #1, a Thai-style sunny side egg, pork and shrimp dumplings, fried Thai donuts and toast, and a mug of coffee.
Category: Openings
Lone Pine Gorham Opens Next Week
Lone Pine Brewing have announced plans to open their new Gorham brewery next week.
April 13th will be the first glance of our new Gorham production facility. A staff meet and greet and, for Saturday only, we will be running personal tours through our entire campus. We will otherwise not offer full tours until later this year.
The tasting room will have 16 drafts pouring, including a showcase of our first barrel-aged sours. Long-term barrel storage is the center-point of our warehouse and Saturday will be our first display of what we have been aging for the past 12 months.
Lone Pine will continue to operate their East Bayside tasting room after the Gorham location opens.
For more on Lone Pine’s new brewery see this article from Mainebiz.
Royal Lunch Bar Opens Wednesday
Royale Lunch Bar (website, facebook, instagram) a new 25-seat cafe at 11 Union Street is slated to open for business at 8 am on Wednesday. The draft menu included pastrami sandwiches, reubens, roast chicken sandwiches, burgers, and grilled cheese.
Royale Lunch is owned by Garrett FitzGerald along with business partners Teagan Curry, Joe Farr, and Mike Willett. FitzGerald owns the Bar Harbor Lobster Company. His last venture in Portland was the Portland & Rochester on Preble Street.
Dizzy Bird Opens Thursday
Dizzy Birds Rotisserie (website, facebook, instagram) is scheduled to officially open for business on Thursday, 11am – 8pm. They’re located in Biddeford at 65 Main Street.
The menu consists of rotisserie items like whole chicken, prime rib, turkey breasts and lamb, as well as soups, salads and sides (Brussels sprouts, herbed grains, mashed potatoes, etc). The menu includes a Prime Rib Shepherd’s Pie and daily vegan entree. Be sure to save room for dessert.
Bird & Co. is Open
Bird & Co. (instagram), the new bar and Mexican restaurant at 539 Deering Ave in Woodfords Corner is now open. Here’s a look at their menu:
Bird & Co Opens Tuesday
Bird & Co. (instagram), the new Mexican restaurant that’s been under construction in Woodfords Corner, has announced plans to open on Tuesday, with the Grand Opening for the restaurant scheduled for Tuesday March 19th.
Bird & Co. is located at 539 Deering Ave in the space formerly occupied by Abilene.
Maine Beer Co. Tasting Room
Both The Blueberry Files and Mainebiz have published reports on the new Maine Beer Company tasting room in Freeport.
Fortunately, the tasting room expansion is complete, with a 6,000 sq. ft. light-filled space with a wood-fired pizza oven and a water fountain. The new space is open to the public now, but the official grand opening is Saturday, March 9th.
Oxbow in Oxford
Oxbow Brewing has opened a new tasting room and bottle shop in Oxford. They’re also working on launching a wood-fired pizzeria in the building in future. Oxbow plans to brew beer onsite to “create special batches of beer for the upcoming restaurant”. They’re located on Route 26, and will be open noon – 7pm this weekend.
Oxbow was founded in Newcastle, and opened their Portland location in late 2014.
Strata Soft Opening Today
Strata (website, instagram) a cutlery retail business and knife sharpening service is holding the soft opening for their new retail shop at The Black Box container building on Washington Ave.
Owner Evan Atwell sells specialty Japanese, French and New England made cutlery, as well as sharpens knives using a traditional Japanese whetstone process. Atwell moved to Portland from California where he worked for the Bi-Rite Market group.